Month: February 2022

今天我们要学的词是 tout. Tout 动词，有过份夸奖，兜售的意思。Florida Governor Rick Scott went to Paris for the International Air Show to tout his state and develop more business opportunities. 美国佛罗里达州州长斯科特前往巴黎参加国际航空航天展览会，为佛罗里达州做宣传，寻找商机。Jeb Bush released a video touting…

今天我们要学的词是 under-performing. Under-performing 形容词，表现不佳的。HSBC plans to cut about 50,000 jobs globally as it sells several under-performing businesses. 汇丰银行准备出售一些业绩不佳的部门，全球裁员约五万人。The State of Massachusetts awarded more than $4 million to four under-performing schools…

今天我们要学的词是 birthplace. Birthplace 出生地。The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would have allowed American citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S. passports.…

今天我们要学的词是 manhunt. Manhunt 名词，意思是搜捕。A massive manhunt is underway after two convicted killers fled a maximum security prison in New York state. 两名杀人犯从纽约州一座警戒级别最高的监狱里越狱逃跑，大规模的搜捕行动目前正在进行当中。Police have launched a manhunt for three suspects in…

今天我们要学的词是 keynote speech. Keynote speech 主题演讲。Apple’s CEO Tim Cook delivered the keynote speech at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. 苹果公司首席执行官库克在苹果公司全球开发者大会上发表主题演讲。Cisco’s outgoing CEO John Chambers predicted in his keynote speech at its…

今天我们要学的词是 parole. Parole 做为名词，有假释的意思。Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence. 奥林匹克田径明星奥斯卡.皮斯托瑞斯五年刑期服了十个月后，将获得假释出狱。The New York Senate passed a legislation…

今天我们要学的词是 official. Official, 大家都知道，official 做为名词，是官员的意思，做为形容词，则有正式的意思。It’s official: Windows 10 will be released on July 29th. 正式消息称，视窗十7月29日发行。It’s official: former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is running for President. 美国马里兰州前州长奥马利正式宣布参选总统。It’s official: smoking will be…

今天我们要学的词是 incarcerate. Incarcerate 动词，意思是监禁。The U.S. federal government spends $7 billion a year to incarcerate about 200,000 inmates. 美国联邦政府每年支出70亿美元，用于监禁大约20万名囚犯。美国人口只占全球人口总数的百分之五，囚犯人数却占全球囚犯总数的百分之25。The President of the American Bar Association, William Hubbard, recently claimed that we…

今天我们要学的词是 hawkish. Hawkish 形容词，意思是鹰派的，强硬派的。Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a hawkish confidant to run the Foreign Ministry. 以色列总理内塔尼亚胡任命自己的鹰派亲信出现国防部长。South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination,…

今天我们要学的词是 estate. Estate 名词，有全部财产的意思。The family members of the late actor Robin Williams’ are fighting over how to split his estate. 已故演员罗宾.威廉姆斯的家人为如何分配他的家产发生争执 。Estate 也可以单指某一栋房产，比如：Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant sold one…

今天我们要学的词是 white paper. White paper 白皮书。South Korea sounded the alarm in a defense white paper that North Korea might soon have a long-range missile that could reach the continental U.S.…

今天我们要学的词是 emerging. Emerging 形容词，意思是新兴的，新浮现出来的。FTSE Group will include China’s stocks in two new emerging-market indices. 富时集团将把中国股市纳入两个新的新兴市场股票指数当中。美国和古巴关系出现改善之际，A team of lawyers from Florida will visit Cuba to explore emerging business opportunities. 佛罗里达州的一些律师将前往古巴访问，探索可能出现的商机。好的，今天我们学习的词是 emerging,…

今天我们要学的词是 portray. Portray 做为动词，有刻画，饰演的意思。John Nash, a mathematician who was portrayed in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” died in a taxi crash at the age of 86. 数学家约翰.纳什在一起出租车车祸中不幸身亡，享年86岁。电影“美丽心灵”讲述的就是他的故事。Elizabeth Wilson, who portrayed…

今天我们要学的词是 shootout. Shootout 名词，有枪战的意思。Forty-two suspected gang members and one Federal police officer were killed in a shootout in Western Mexico. 墨西哥西部发生枪战，42名疑似团伙成员和一名联邦警察在枪战中被打死。In the wake of the deadly biker-gang shootout in Waco,…

今天我们要学的词是 berate. Berate 动词，有责骂，痛斥的意思。A Saudi religious policeman berated a veiled woman and barred her from entering a shop for not wearing gloves. 沙特阿拉伯的一个宗教警察对一名头戴面纱的女性大喊大叫，因为这名女性没戴手套而不让她进商店大门。A Starbucks employee was fired after a video…